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[[image:Gmc_2012_logo.png|frame|right|This Games Master Challenge featured the rivalry between pirates and ninjas.]]
[[image:Gmc_2012_logo.png|frame|right|This Games Master Challenge featured the rivalry between pirates and ninjas.]]


The seventh annual [[Games Master Challenge]] began on November 19, 2012 and concluded on November 26, 2012. Each day users were given several [[Games Room]] related challenges by [[Aristotle A. Avinroo]] to complete.
The seventh annual '''[[Games Master Challenge]]''' began on November 19, 2012 and concluded on November 26, 2012. Each day users were given several [[Games Room]] related challenges by [[Aristotle A. Avinroo]] to complete.


As in [[Games Master Challenge 2011]], this year's challenged featured a competition between two teams players could join. This year, they were [[wikipedia:Pirates versus Ninjas|pirates versus ninjas]]. Players could either join Team Pirate, led by [[Captain Three Legs]], or Team Ninja, led by the [[Techo Master]]. At the end of the event, the team which had completed the most challenges won.  
As in [[Games Master Challenge 2011]], this year's challenged featured a competition between two teams players could join. This year, they were [[wikipedia:Pirates versus Ninjas|pirates versus ninjas]]. Players could either join Team Pirate, led by [[Captain Three Legs]], or Team Ninja, led by the [[Techo Master]]. At the end of the event, the team which had completed the most challenges won.  
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!Rainbow Jelly Chomby
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!Zurroball Grundo Plushie
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!Mystery Challenge
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!Petpetpet Poison Slushie
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!Game Challenge
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!Angry Bori Foreman Action Figure
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*Send a score of '''540''' in [[Nimmos Pond]].  
*Send a score of '''540''' in [[Nimmos Pond]].  
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!Unique Pond Rocks Foreground
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==Neocash activity==
==Neocash activity==


{{main|Lulu's Masterful Plundering}}
During this event, users could join '''[[Lulu]]'s Masterful Plundering''', where Lulu raided her cousins' bedrooms for exclusive [[Neocash]] wearable prizes.


== Prizes ==
Each day, Lulu and the player could find two prizes, one in Aristotle's room and one in Abigail's. In order to raid one of the bedrooms, players had to purchase the key to the room from the [[NC Mall]] for 700 NC. There were two keys to buy - one for each of the rooms - and buying one of the keys allowed the player to earn all the wearables from that room for the entire event.


At the end of the event, users were rewarded with trophies and additional prizes based on how many challenges that they completed during the event:
Activating the keys awarded the player a bonus background wearable.


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{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto;text-align:center;"
!Date
!Captain Three Legs' Quarters
!The Techo Master's Abode
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|rowspan="2"|—
|style="width:120px;background-color:#ffffff;color:inherit;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/mall_80x80_captain3legsticket.gif
|style="width:120px;background-color:#ffffff;color:inherit;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/mall_80x80_techoticket.gif
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!Captain Threelegs Room Key
!Techo Master Room Key
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|rowspan="2"|Activating key
|style="width:120px;background-color:#ffffff;color:inherit;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/mall_bg_captainthreelegs.gif
|style="width:120px;background-color:#ffffff;color:inherit;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/mall_bg_techomaster.gif
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!Captain Threelegs Quarters Background
!Techo Masters Abode Background
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|rowspan="2"|19 November
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|style="width:110px;background-color:#ffffff;color:inherit;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/mall_acc_ninjastarwig.gif
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!Pirate Knots Shirt
!Ninja Star Wig
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|rowspan="2"|20 November
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|style="width:110px;background-color:#ffffff;color:inherit;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/mall_bg_shadowninjaattack.gif
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!Island of Buried Treasure Background
!Ninja Shadow Attack
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|rowspan="2"|21 November
|style="width:110px;background-color:#ffffff;color:inherit;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/mall_acc_shiphatwig.gif
|style="width:110px;background-color:#ffffff;color:inherit;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/mall_clo_ninjadress.gif
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|align="center"|<span style="color:#E68A00;">'''Pirate Trophy'''</span>
!Ship Hat and Wig
|align="center"|<span style="color:#008100;">'''Ninja Trophy'''</span>
!Elaborate Ninja Dress
|align="center"|'''Requirements'''
|align="center"|'''Prize(s) Received'''
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|-
|align="center"  width="85"|[[Image:Gmc trophy1 pirate.gif]]
|rowspan="2"|22 November
|align="center"  width="85"|[[Image:Gmc trophy1 ninja.gif]]
|style="width:110px;background-color:#ffffff;color:inherit;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/mall_hh_shipanchorstaff.gif
|align="center"  width="145"|Completed 1 challenge
|style="width:110px;background-color:#ffffff;color:inherit;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/mall_trink_smokebombfg.gif
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*Pirate Bento
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|-
|align="center"|[[Image:Gmc trophy2 pirate.gif]]
!Set Anchor Staff
|align="center"|[[Image:Gmc trophy2 ninja.gif]]
!Timely Smoke Bomb
|align="center"|Completed 5 challenges
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*Pirate Bento
*Pirates vs. Ninjas: The Novel
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|-
|align="center"|[[Image:Gmc trophy3 pirate.gif]]
|rowspan="2"|23 November
|align="center"|[[Image:Gmc trophy3 ninja.gif]]
|style="width:110px;background-color:#ffffff;color:inherit;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/mall_trink_compassbackground.gif
|align="center"|Completed 10 challenges
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*Pirate Bento
*Pirates vs. Ninjas: The Novel
*Throwing Cutlass
|-
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:Gmc trophy4 pirate.gif]]
!Oversized Compass
|align="center"|[[Image:Gmc trophy4 ninja.gif]]
!Training Equipment Background
|align="center"|Completed 15 challenges
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*Pirate Bento
*Pirates vs. Ninjas: The Novel
*Throwing Cutlass
*Ultimate Battle Garland
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|-
|align="center"|[[Image:Gmc trophy5 pirate.gif]]
|rowspan="2"|24 November
|align="center"|[[Image:Gmc trophy5 ninja.gif]]
|style="width:110px;background-color:#ffffff;color:inherit;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/mall_acc_piratestubble.gif
|align="center"|Completed 23 challenges
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*Pirate Bento
*Pirates vs. Ninjas: The Novel
*Throwing Cutlass
*Ultimate Battle Garland
*Warrior Wig
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|-
|align="center"|[[Image:Gmc trophy5 pirate.gif]]
!Fetching Pirate Stubble
|align="center"|[[Image:Gmc trophy5 ninja.gif]]
!Sword Collection Garland  
|align="center"|Completed each challenge on the day it was released
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*Pirate Bento
*Pirates vs. Ninjas: The Novel
*Throwing Cutlass
*Ultimate Battle Garland
*Warrior Wig
*Threelegs vs. Techo Master [[Stamp]]
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|rowspan="2"|25 November
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!Surrounded by Swords Foreground
!Techo Master Cane Sword
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|rowspan="2"|26 November
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|style="width:110px;background-color:#ffffff;color:inherit;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/mall_acc_ninjaspike.gif
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!Giant Oversized [[Pawkeet]] Plushie
!Spiked Ninja Bracers
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=== Team prizes ===
The ''Techo Master Cane Sword'' NC item looked a lot like the ''Shirasaya Sword'' [[Neopoint]] item. Because of this, [[The Neopets Team]] gave out an additional prize to people who had activated the Techo Master's key:


By the end of the event, Team Ninja had earned more points than Team Pirate, thus winning the event. All members of Team Ninja were rewarded with a ''Victory Sign'', while all members of Team Pirate received a ''Defeat Sign'' as a consolation prize.
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!Tranquil Meditation Tree
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== Prizes ==
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:330px;margin:0 0 0 5px;text-align:center;float:right;"
!Release day
!Team Brains
!Team Brawn
|- style="background-color:#ffffff;"
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|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/gif_gmc_sign_victory.gif
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!Threelegs vs. Techo Master Stamp
!Victory Sign
!Defeat Sign
|}
 
At the end of the event, players were awarded a certain trophy depending on how many challenges they had completed and which team they played for. A different item was awarded at each prize tier. Players received the item for their tier and all the tiers they had passed.
 
Players who completed all the challenges also received a ''Threelegs vs. Techo Master [[Stamp]]''. By the end of the event, Team Ninja had earned more points than Team Pirate. All members of Team Ninja were rewarded with a ''Victory Sign'', while all members of Team Pirate received a ''Defeat Sign'' as a consolation prize.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 auto;text-align:center;width:440px;"
!<span style="color:#E68A00;">Team Pirate</span>
!<span style="color:#008100;">Team Ninja</span>
!Tier prize
|- style="background-color:#ffffff;"
|style="width:110px;"|[[Image:Gmc trophy1 pirate.gif]]
|style="width:110px;"|[[Image:Gmc trophy1 ninja.gif]]
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/shf_gmc_bento_pirate.gif
|-
!colspan="2"|Complete 1 challenge
!Pirate Bento
|- style="background-color:#ffffff;"
|style="width:110px;"|[[Image:Gmc trophy2 pirate.gif]]
|style="width:110px;"|[[Image:Gmc trophy2 ninja.gif]]
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/boo_gmc_piratesvsninjas.gif
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!colspan="2"|Complete 5 challenges
!Pirates vs. Ninjas: The Novel
|- style="background-color:#ffffff;"
|style="width:110px;"|[[Image:Gmc trophy3 pirate.gif]]
|style="width:110px;"|[[Image:Gmc trophy3 ninja.gif]]
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/bd_gmc_cutlass_throwing.gif
|-
!colspan="2"|Complete 10 challenges
!Throwing Cutlass
|- style="background-color:#ffffff;"
|style="width:110px;"|[[Image:Gmc trophy4 pirate.gif]]
|style="width:110px;"|[[Image:Gmc trophy4 ninja.gif]]
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/gif_gmc_ultimatebat_gar.gif
|-
!colspan="2"|Complete 15 challenges
!Ultimate Battle Garland
|- style="background-color:#ffffff;"
|style="width:110px;"|[[Image:Gmc trophy5 pirate.gif]]
|style="width:110px;"|[[Image:Gmc trophy5 ninja.gif]]
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/clo_gmc_wig_warrior.gif
|-
!colspan="2"|Complete 23 challenges
!Warrior Wig
|}


===Bonus prizes===
===Bonus prizes===
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==Behind the scenes==
The theme for this challenge plays on both the [[wikipedia:internet meme|internet meme]] of [[wikipedia:Pirates versus Ninjas|pirates versus ninjas]] as well as there being two rivalling training schools on [[Mystery Island]] and [[Krawk Island]] - the [[Mystery Island Training School]] and the [[Swashbuckling Academy]].
The titles of the challenges also referenced other works:
*''It Takes a Thief...'' is part of a [http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/it-takes-a-thief-to-catch-a-thief proverb] about catching thieves. It is also the name of of two TV series, one beginning in [[wikipedia:It Takes a Thief (1968 TV series)|1968]] and one beginning in [[wikipedia:It Takes a Thief (2005 TV series)|2005]].
*''Now You See Them, Now You Don't...'' refers to the title of a 1972 film, ''[[wikipedia:Now You See Him, Now You Don't|Now You See Him]]''.
*''In Space, No One Can Hear You Play...'' is a play on the tagline for the 1979 film [[wikipedia:Alien (film)|''Alien'']], "In space, no one can hear you scream."
*''Four Scores and 56 To Go...'' is is a play on the phrase "four score and seven years ago", from [[wikipedia:Abraham Lincoln|Abraham Lincoln]]'s [[wikipedia:Gettysburg Address|Gettysburg Address]].
[[The Neopets Team]] reported that [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=623 complaints about the trophies] they received this year led them to make one set of trophies silver and the other set gold in the [[Games Master Challenge 2013|following year's challenge]].
===Bug===
Day seven's challenges originally all required a score of 5 to complete, rather than the scores they actually asked for.


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